HIGH SCHOOLS TRIALS &TSA SCHOOLS WEEK
In October of 2012 the High Schools held trials, the aim of which was to
select a WP High Schools team to participate in the High Schools Interpro, which normally takes place in April of each
year. These trials were already scheduled in March 2012.

In
October 2012 TSA and SA Schools Tennis announced that they had reached
agreement that the High Schools Interpro would be
combined with the Provincial Interpro so as to
reduce the cost burden on parents and create a prestigious new tournament,
which would also replace the Provincial Interpro
(normally in April/May of each year). The event would be known as the
TSA Schools Week and would be run jointly by the Provincial Associations and
the Schools Tennis bodies. Important aspects of this event are:

All
juniors will be allowed to participate in the schools week on condition that
they are enrolled in an approved educational program in the country.Home schooled players will therefore be
allowed to participate.

·Non-South African players can
form part of the provincial teams but will not be considered for the SA
Schools side.

·All participating players must
be registered with TSA.A
comprehensive plan for registering all players will be put forward soon.

·As discussed at the meeting
during the 2012 schools tournament, the following provinces will be assisted
by having to pay a reduced contribution (depending on possible funding from
TSA): Boland, Border, Eastern Province, South Western Districts and Western
Province.

·All teams flying to
Johannesburg or Lanseria will be collected at the
airport and transported between venues during the tournament.

·The TSA High Schools tournament
for 2013 will consist of an U/15 & U/19
competition.

·The 2013 U/15 & U/19
tournament will be held in Pretoria from 20 – 24 March.

In
view of the trials that had already taken place, the High Schools Committee
and WP Junior Tennis Committee have agreed as follows regarding the further organisation
of the trials and the composition of the team to represent WP at the TSA
Schools Week.

1.The second round of these trials, scheduled
for this weekend, will continue.

2.The top 4 players from these trials (at
under 15 and under 19) will go forward to a 3rd round of trials, to be held
on 4-5 March and 11-12 March.

3.In addition to those players, the rest of
the players comprising the top ten players in WP based on the TSA rankings
will be invited to this 3rd round of trials.

4.In the event that this final trials group
does not comprise at least 2 PDI players (in the sense that the term is
understood by TSA) additional players will be invited to ensure that the
final team of 6 contains at least 2 PDI players.

5.Should not all invited players be
available, the joint committee reserves the right to invite additional
players (who might not be in the top 10 WP players on the TSA ranking list).

We trust that you
will appreciate that the late announcement of this exciting new initiative has
enforced this change in previously announced processes.This promises to introduce an even more
prestigious inter-provincial competition for junior players. Jointly,
the WP junior Committee and the High Schools Tennis Committee look forward to
making this tour the pinnacle of junior representative tennis in the Western
Province.We trust that we can count
on your support to achieve this.Please watch the website for further news regarding the trials and the
final team.